Book your Minute Taking with Confidence Training Course
This one day course is being run eleven times between Friday 15th June 2012 and Thursday 31st January 2013 in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh,
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| Date | Provider | Location | Rating | Price | ||
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| Friday 15 June 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London |  | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Tuesday 10 July 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Tuesday 14 August 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Thursday 20 September 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Monday 08 October 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | Birmingham | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Tuesday 16 October 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Tuesday 06 November 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | Manchester | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Tuesday 06 November 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Thursday 15 November 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | Edinburgh | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Wednesday 12 December 2012 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT | |
| Thursday 31 January 2013 | Hemsley Fraser | London | | Save £62.59 | £506.41+VAT |
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Summary:
A minute taker has a key role in ensuring meetings are productive. You want to be confident and competent in this role. Throughout the day, the trainer will take you through a step by step approach to producing effective minutes – giving templates to help you produce structured agendas and take notes effectively. Practical exercises will help you build confidence and put ideas into practice.
Audience:
Designed for those who need the confidence and skills to produce accurate minutes including secretaries, PAs, administrators and support staff.
Objectives:
By the end of this course you will be able to:
• Save valuable time and gain confidence in your role as minute taker.
• Work in partnership effectively with the chair – and colleagues – when preparing the agenda, meeting papers and minutes.
• Recognise your own barriers to active listening – and overcome them – to help maintain concentration and capture key points.
• Try out new, tried and tested note-taking techniques.
• Pick out key points from discussions.
• Ultimately produce a clear, concise set of minutes.
Outline:
Before the Meeting Guidance on how to set up a meeting
- The importance of a structured agenda to guide people through a meeting
- The minute-taker and the Chair – working in partnership
- The Difference Between Hearing and Actively Listening?
- Maintaining concentration when interest is fading
- Tips to overcome personal barriers to listening
Note-Taking – there is more than one way
- Different ways to take notes, in different situations
- What information is not necessary to note?
- Do the action points stand out – with time-frames and those responsible?
The Final Stages
- Making sense of the notes – immediately after the meeting Is the language used ‘reader-friendly’?
- The need to make the minutes visually appealing
- Formatting and structuring the minutes for clarity and professionalism
- Checking for accuracy – facts, grammar and punctuation
- Have the minutes achieved their purpose?
Action Planning
- Creating your personal action plan for the future
Description:
A minute taker has a key role in ensuring meetings are productive. You want to be confident and competent in this role. Throughout the day, the trainer will take you through a step by step approach to producing effective minutes.
Hemsley Fraser
Hemsley Fraser is a highly dedicated global innovator and leader in learning and people development. All courses are designed and delivered by highly skilled and knowledgeable consultants who are passionate about helping people learn. With over 32,000 customers worldwide and with an impressive portfolio with courses in excess of 1,700 unique subjects.
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Very informative course. Staff very friendly and knowledgable.